The Association of West Africa Universities (AWAU) recently held its 6th Conference at Universite Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Dakar with the theme: “Trans-Border Research and Quality Assurance: Challenges for African Universities”.

The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, has clarified that the Commission has not done any ranking exercise or ranked any university in Nigeria in the past 14 years.

The Executive Secretary, NUC Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has said that continuous interventions in the Nigeria University System by the World Bank has transformed Higher Education in Nigeria into a result-oriented and global commodity.